Making API calls exactly once when using Workflows

 Posted on 3 May 2024

One challenge with any distributed system, including Workflows, is ensuring that requests sent from one service to another are processed exactly once, when needed; for example, when placing a customer order in a shipping queue, withdrawing funds from a bank account, or processing a payment. In this blog post, we’ll provide an example of a website invoking Workflows, and Workflows in turn invoking a Cloud Function. We’ll show how to make sure both Workflows and the Cloud Function logic only runs once. Read More ↗︎
Workflows  Serverless  Google Cloud Platform  How To 

C# and Vertex AI Gemini streaming API bug and workaround

 Posted on 1 May 2024

A user recently reported an intermittent error with C# and Gemini 1.5 model on Vertex AI’s streaming API. In this blog post, I want to outline what the error is, what causes it, and how to avoid it with the hopes of saving some frustration for someone out there. Error The user reported using Google.Cloud.AIPlatform.V1 library with version 2.27.0 to use Gemini 1.5 via Vertex AI’s streaming API and running into an intermittent System. Read More →
GenAI  VertexAI  Gemini  DotNet  Google Cloud Platform 

A Tour of Gemini Code Assist - Slides and Demos

 Posted on 24 April 2024

This week, I’m speaking at 3 meetups on Gemini Code Assist. My talk has a little introduction to GenAI and Gemini, followed by a series of hands-on demos that showcase different features of Gemini Code Assist. In the demos, I setup Gemini Code Assist in Cloud Code IDE plugin in Visual Studio Code. Then, I show how to design and create an application, explain, run, generate, test, transform code, and finish with understanding logs with the help of Gemini. Read More →
GenAI  VertexAI  Gemini  Google Cloud Platform 

Vertex AI Gemini generateContent (non-streaming) API

 Posted on 26 February 2024

Introduction In my recent blog post, I’ve been exploring Vertex AI’s Gemini REST API and mainly talked about the streamGenerateContent method which is a streaming API. Recently, a new method appeared in Vertex AI docs: generateContent which is the non-streaming (unary) version of the API. In this short blog post, I take a closer look at the new non-streaming generateContent API and explain why it makes sense to use as a simpler API when the latency is not super critical. Read More →
GenAI  VertexAI  Gemini  Google Cloud Platform 

Orchestrate Vertex AI’s PaLM and Gemini APIs with Workflows

 Posted on 22 February 2024

Everyone is excited about generative AI (gen AI) nowadays and rightfully so. You might be generating text with PaLM 2 or Gemini Pro, generating images with ImageGen 2, translating code from language to another with Codey, or describing images and videos with Gemini Pro Vision. No matter how you’re using gen AI, at the end of the day, you’re calling an endpoint either with an SDK or a library or via a REST API. Read More ↗︎
Workflows  Serverless  Google Cloud Platform  How To 

Using Vertex AI Gemini from GAPIC libraries (C#)

 Posted on 14 February 2024

Introduction In my previous Using Vertex AI Gemini REST API post, I showed how to use the Gemini REST API from languages without SDK support yet such as C# and Rust. There’s actually another way to use Gemini from languages without SDK support: GAPIC libraries. In this post, I show you how to use Vertex AI Gemini from GAPIC libraries, using C# as an example. What is GAPIC? At this point, you might be wondering: What’s GAPIC? Read More →
GenAI  VertexAI  Gemini  Google Cloud Platform 

Using Vertex AI Gemini REST API (C# and Rust)

 Posted on 5 February 2024

Introduction Back in December, Google announced Gemini, its most capable and general model so far available from Google AI Studio andGoogle Cloud Vertex AI. The Try the Vertex AI Gemini API documentation page shows instructions on how to use the Gemini API from Python, Node.js, Java, and Go. That’s great but what about other languages? Even though there are no official SDKs/libraries for other languages yet, you can use the Gemini REST API to access the same functionality with a little bit more work on your part. Read More →
GenAI  VertexAI  Gemini  Google Cloud Platform 

The butterfly effect of kindness

 Posted on 2 February 2024

I’ve been using my blog for work-related topics since I can remember. I don’t know why but recently, I had an itch to write about non-work related topics for no particular reason. I’m not sure if anyone would care or find my non-tech writing useful but I’ll definitely find it useful for me as a mark of my consciousness at a given time, so here we go. Back in December, I was lucky enough to travel to Japan. Read More →
TravelStories  Japan 

Test and change an existing web app with Duet AI

 Posted on 29 January 2024

In the Create and deploy a new web app to Cloud Run with Duet AI post, I created a simple web application and deployed to Cloud Run using Duet AI’s help. Duet AI has been great to get a new and simple app up and running. But does it help for existing apps? Let’s figure it out. In this blog post, I take an existing web app, explore it, test it, add a unit test, add new functionality, and add more unit tests all with the help of Duet AI. Read More →
GenAI  DuetAI  Google Cloud Platform 

Create and deploy a new web app to Cloud Run with Duet AI

 Posted on 23 January 2024

I’ve been playing with Duet AI, Google’s AI-powered collaborator, recently to see how useful it can be for my development workflow. I’m pleasantly surprised how helpful Duet AI can be when provided with specific questions with the right context. In this blog post, I document my journey of creating and deploying a new web application to Cloud Run with Duet AI’s help. I also capture some lessons learned along the way to get the most out of Duet AI. Read More →
GenAI  DuetAI  Google Cloud Platform